Daily payment file to utility billing
Each weekday morning, the Paymentus file is read from SFTP, accepted payments are checked against accounts and posted to billing.
Finance & paymentsConnector
Paymentus integration
for utility and tax payments
Paymentus is an electronic billing and payment service used by city utilities and tax offices. Residents pay by card, bank account, phone or digital wallet, and Paymentus sends the biller a daily payment (remittance) file.
Pre-built connector
Paymentus
- Tier
- Pre-built connector
- Category
- Finance & payments
- Sign-in
- API token (Bearer)
- Paging
- single response
- Sandbox
- Yes: practice with made-up data
- Status
- Built from the vendor's public documentation; confirmed with your account during setup
§ Overview
What connecting Paymentus does.
SentraBridge reads that file over SFTP or uses the Paymentus API for payment history, refunds and account lookups. API paths come from Paymentus's public SDK packages; the full reference needs a Paymentus agreement, so both are confirmed with the city's account during setup.
- Payment history: Reference number, account, amount, date, status, type, method and convenience fee, by date range.
- Refunds: Create a refund by original reference number and amount.
- Account lookup: Balance, due date and customer for an account.
- Payment files: The daily remittance file, columns set per biller, read from SFTP.
What SentraBridge can do with Paymentus
| resource | read | write | changes only | fields |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payment history | list | create | — | Reference number, Account number, Amount, Payment date, Status, Payment type… |
| Refunds | — | create | — | Original reference number, Refund amount, Account number |
| Account lookup | read one | — | — | Account number, Balance, Due date, Customer |
§ Use cases
What cities connect Paymentus for.
Balance against the general ledger
The day's Paymentus total is compared with the cash receipts entry in Munis, and mismatches are emailed to finance.
Refunds from approved requests
Refunds approved in the billing system are issued in Paymentus by original reference number.
Payment history for reports
Payments by type and convenience fee are loaded into SQL Server for monthly revenue reports.
§ How it works
How to connect Paymentus
- 01Get accessAsk Paymentus for the daily payment file layout and SFTP delivery.
- 02Add the connectionFor API access, get your biller code (tla) and pre-shared key.
- 03Preview real recordsPaste a current Bearer token; tokens expire until JWT signing is added.
- 04Turn it onStart from the sample file layout and adjust it to your columns.
§ Often connected with
Paymentus and the rest of city hall.
Systems cities commonly connect with Paymentus, each with its own connector page.
§ FAQ
Paymentus integration questions
Does Paymentus have an API?
Yes, for billers under agreement. Its full reference is at developer.paymentus.io behind that agreement; SentraBridge's connector uses the paths shown in Paymentus's public SDK packages.
How do Paymentus payments get into our billing system?
Most billers read the daily payment file over SFTP, keep accepted payments, check accounts and post them. A ready template does this for utility billing.
Is the Paymentus connector verified?
It is built from public SDK packages and tested on a sandbox. File columns and API paths are confirmed with your Paymentus account before anything runs.
Connect Paymentus to the rest.
We'll set up a workspace with your systems in a sandbox and build your first flow with you.